May 7th and 8th Naples will celebrate one of the most identifying symbols of its history and culture: coffee. No coffee It’s the two-day event scheduled for Castel Nuovo (Maschio Angevin)sponsored by the Municipality of Naples – which established the city Day of Neapolitan coffee culture -, and promoted and supported by the Department of Tourism and Productive Activities.
The organization is by OP Eventi and for the entire duration of the event coffee will be offered free of charge to participants, free entry. In the press conference to present the event at the Sala Giunta of the Municipality of Naples, moderated by the director of Buona Tavola Magazine Renato Roccothe councilor for Tourism and Productive Activities brought institutional greetings Teresa Armato and the vice president of the City Council Flavia Sorrentino.
The mayor of Naples Gaetano Manfredi did not miss his presence, anticipating a future twinning between Naples and Trieste on the theme of coffee, “a bringer of peace in a difficult moment of divisions and conflicts”. «Ours is a choice to describe Naples as a place of identifying food and wine excellence – declared the councilor Teresa Armato -, cultural tourism in the city has grown a lot and our Tourism Observatory reminds us that visitors also come here to eat and drink well. And coffee, like pizza, is a unique sensory experience here.”
«It has been a long journey, which began with the unanimous approval of the agenda, with me as the first signatory – he recalled Flavia Sorrentino – and crowned today with the presentation of this event. It turned out to be a far-sighted operation that universalizes the symbol of sociality par excellence in the city.”
Mauro Illianoan expert in the field of coffee, then illustrated the rich program of events, debates, literary presentations and artistic moments of Nu bbellu ccafè: «The presentation of the book I will be held inside the Sala della Loggia del Maschio Angioino and on the central stage 100 secrets of Neapolitan coffee, with the participation of the chef Gennaro Esposito and the linguist Davide Brandi. The Olympic cross-country skiing champion will be there Silvio Fauner in the meeting dedicated to the evolution of the figure of the barista in the world of coffee, and we will discuss the candidacy of Italian espresso as a World Heritage Site, from Naples to Venice, with the anthropologist and professor of the Suor Orsola Benincasa University of Naples Marino Niolatogether with Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio, President of the UniVerde Foundation, ed Helga Healthcareanthropologist.”
Michele Sergio And Massimiliano Rosatiowners of the historic Caffè Gambrinus and experts in the field of coffee, announced their participation as organizers of round tables and through a stand of gourmet coffees created ad hoc, with the recipes that have made the Italian tradition interesting in the world: «We will bring a giant 2 meter moka and we will once again support, with the collection of signatures at the counter, the candidacy of Neapolitan coffee as an Intangible Heritage of Humanity”.
Many workshops and events for social purposes, as he explained Francesco Costanzo, expert bartender and micro roaster: «Leva Contest Face to Face; the Pump My Moka; a coffee tasting workshop with relative final prize; another on filter coffee; training support for minors in the Futuro Community; a workshop dedicated to cappuccino and another on Italian breakfast. Through competition the bartender always puts himself out there and trains.”
Writer Maurizio De Giovanniauthor among other things of Inspector Ricciardi, set at Gambrinus, did not fail to underline the benefits of coffee: «With a good coffee you converse and build something, it is a substantial element of identity, not by chance in Naples you have coffee and don’t drink it.”
The professor Enrica D’Aguannocoordinator of the School of Artistic Design for Business at the Academy of Fine Arts, showed the video that led to the creation of the Coffee Day logo.
The actress Veronica Mazza has announced his show La tazzina blu scheduled at the Trianon Viviani Theater on 11 and 12 May. The presence of Gaetano Bonellidirector of the collection of the same name at the Museum of Naples, who will exhibit ancient finds of the art of coffee in the Sala della Loggia del Maschio Angioino.
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